Unfollow the Leader

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Critical reflections by Hugo Puttaert
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Robert Nakata, unsigned & Shepard Fairy by Christophe Clarijs, 2009
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Barney Bubbles, unsigned, 2010
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Hendrik Nicolaas (H.N.) Werkman by Sean Loring, 2010
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Bea Feitler by Billie Willems & Gunter Rambow by Nicola Adriaensens, 2021
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Emory Douglas by Cas Huisman & Paul Boudens by Noa Ven, 2022
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Karel Martens by Janne Wyckmans, 2022
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Jamie Reid by Artuur Claes, 2023
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Ken Garland by Uma Breuls, 2023
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Tom Cunningham by Nina Cornelissen & Susan Kare by Fien Bulens, 2024
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Jonathan Barnbrook by Salim Azaimi, 2025
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Vladimir Tamari by Liv Grossen, Kiyoshi Awazu by Emilio De Roeck & Aleksei Kruchenykh by Jef Verreycke, 2025
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Aleksei Kruchenykh by Jef Verreycke, 2025
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Ralph Schraivogel by Melissa Van der Sanden, 2022
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Bea Feitler by Leon De Pauw & Jianping He by Remco Spillebeen, 2025
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Student perspectives on the graphic design canon. Edited by Hugo Puttaert.

In a culture driven by speed, visibility and algorithms, what does it mean to design today? Unfollow the Leader explores the changing position of the graphic designer in a world shaped by digital platforms, economic logics and artificial intelligence. Developed in an educational context and rooted in student work, the book traces the tensions between craft and technology, autonomy and dependency, tradition and disruption.
Moving between history and contemporary practice, it argues that the essence of design lies not in form, but in attitude: the willingness to question what seems self-evident.

Paperback, 228 pages. Cover: PMS 877 silver & Deep Space Black on Munken Polar 300g, inside pages: quadri & black and white offset printing on Munken Polar 120g, ft 17 x 23,5 cm. Typefaces AMB Dual & AMB Érasme by Mateo Broillet. Design: Hugo Puttaert, © Not Yet. Publishers (2026).

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